膝下

Chinese

		knee	under; next; lower under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter
trad. (膝下)		膝	下
simp. #(膝下)		膝	下

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīxià

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ㄒㄧㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sat¹ haa⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhek-hā / sit-hā

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīxià
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄒㄧㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sisià
    • Wade–Giles: hsi¹-hsia⁴
    • Yale: syī-syà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shishiah
    • Palladius: сися (sisja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sat¹ haa⁶
    • Yale: sāt hah
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sat⁷ haa⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: sed¹ ha⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐt̚⁵ haː²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhek-hā / sit-hā
    • Tâi-lô: tshik-hā / sit-hā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhekha, sitha
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ ha²²/, /sit̚³²⁻⁴ ha²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiɪk̚⁵⁻²⁴ ha⁴¹/, /sit̚⁵⁻²⁴ ha⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiɪk̚³²⁻⁵ ha²²/, /sit̚³²⁻⁵ ha²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ ha³³/, /sit̚³²⁻⁴ ha³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ ha³³/, /sit̚³²⁻⁴ ha³³/

Noun

膝下

1. (literally) at one's knees
2. (figuratively) children
3. salutation used in letters to parents or grandparents

Derived terms

• 承歡膝下／承欢膝下 (chénghuān xīxià)
• 男兒膝下有黃金／男儿膝下有黄金 (nán'ér xīxià yǒu huángjīn)
• 膝下無兒／膝下无儿
• 膝下無子／膝下无子
• 膝下猶虛／膝下犹虚